West Dean Gardens
West Dean Gardens offers a sensational setting for you to while away an hour or a day. Extensive grounds with rare tree and shrubs, ornamental borders and a naturalistically planted pond, also a beautifully restored walled kitchen garden with over 200 varieties of carefully trained fruit trees as well as a cornucopia of exotic produce and plants under glass. Featuring some of the finest Victorian glasshouses in the country. For the more energetic there is a 2 ½ mile circuit walk through the St Roche’s arboretum which encompasses a fine collection of specimen trees and shrubs. The walk offers breathtaking views of the surrounding Sussex Downs and of the flint mansion of West Dean College in its parkland setting.
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Opening details
| Season Dates | Opening Hours |
|---|---|
| Mon 1 Mar 2010 - Sun 31 Oct 2010 | Mon - Sun 10:30 to 17:00 |
| Mon 1 Nov 2010 - Fri 24 Dec 2010 | Mon - Sun 10:30 to 16:00 |
| Christmas Day, Boxing Day | closed |
| New Year's Day | closed |
| Notes | Closed from 24th December unitl 2nd January. From 1 March, West Dean Gardens will be open daily from 10.30am - 5pm (last entry 4.30pm) |
Contact
Celia DickensonTel: 01243 811301
gardens@westdean.org.uk
www.westdean.org.uk
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Nearby
Local AccommodationVenue
West Dean GardensWest Dean, CHICHESTER, West Sussex, PO18 0QZ
Map reference: SU 859122
On the A286 mid-way between Chichester and Midhurst.
No 60 bus runs past entrance from Chichester or Midhurst at half hourly intervals.
Parking : free
Accessible by Public Transport : 6 miles from Chichester station
Also at this venue
West Dean Gardens - Conferences
Walking in the West Dean Estate
West Dean Gardens Restaurant
Events at this venue
| date | event |
|---|---|
| Sat 2, Sun 3 Oct 2010 | Apple Affair at West Dean Gardens |
